Open AccessA RARE COMPLICATION OF ACUTE COLECISTITIS
Author(s) -
M. Coțofană,
Mihai Bogdan Șerban,
Daniel Ion,
Adriana Eleica,
Florentina Mușat,
Ioana Coțofană,
Dan Nicolae Păduraru
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of surgical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2457-5364
pISSN - 2360-3038
DOI - 10.33695/jss.v3i1.41
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , gallstones , surgery , abscess , abdominal wall , general surgery
Laparoscopic procedures are often preferred to open surgery due to their many advantages, theymay sometimes cause rare complications like intraabdominal, pelvic, and abdominal wall abscesses.We report a case of a 45-year-old woman who presented on multiple occasions to the hospital withsymptoms suggesting an infection involving the epigastric area. Following an exploratoryprocedure it was concluded that unretrieved gallstones from a previous laparoscopiccholecystectomy caused an abdominal wall abscess. This case shows that when establishing adiagnosis, the physician should consider that laparoscopic procedures can cause rarecomplications even after a long period of time.